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Ashley Young has warned his Manchester United teammates that they will face further questions about their mentality if they fail to impress in their derby against Manchester City on Wednesday.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was forced to apologise to United supporters on Sunday after his side registered one of their worst performances of the season in the 4-0 defeat to Everton at Goodison Park.

United have now lost four out of their last five matches in all competitions and face a difficult task of securing a top-four finish in the Premier League, which would seal their place in next season’s Champions League.

United host City at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening and Young admits there will be ‘something wrong’ with his teammates if they are unable to motivate themselves after the defeat to Everton.

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‘We’ve just got to apologise to the fans and we’ve got a tough one coming up on Wednesday with the Manchester derby,’ Young told MUTV.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer apologised to United fans after their heavy defeat to Everton (Getty Images)

‘We know how important that’s going to be. If you can’t get yourselves up for the Manchester derby, there’s something wrong.

‘I’ve got confidence that we’re going to be ready for Wednesday.

‘It’s a disappointing day today but we’ve got to dust ourselves down fairly quickly and go again this week.

‘It’s four games, it’s four winnable games, If you’d said in October we would be in this position, we’d have taken it, but a club like Manchester United, we should be looking much further up the table.

‘We’ve got four games left, we’ve got four wins to get. It’s going to be tough but I’m sure we can do it. We were 4-0 down and [the fans] were still singing.

‘They’ve been fantastic, and we’ve got to go and put a performance in on Wednesday.’